Top Movies from 1955
You are now browsing page 17, where we continue to highlight more remarkable films from 1955. If you’ve already discovered some exceptional titles on previous pages, now is the perfect time to delve even deeper into the cinematic landscape of that year. Keep exploring and enjoy the journey!
Mister Roberts (1955)
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Mr. Roberts is a Navy officer who's yearning for battle but is stuck in the backwaters of World War II on a non-commissioned ship run by the bullying Captain Morton.
We're No Angels (1955)
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Three convicts escape from prison on Devil's Island just before Christmas and arrive at a nearby French colonial town. They go to the store of the Ducotels, the only store that gives supplies on credit. They initially intend to take advantage of them but have a change of heart after they find the family is in financial troubles.
Oklahoma! (1955)
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In the Oklahoma territory at the turn of the twentieth century, two young cowboys vie with a violent ranch hand and a traveling peddler for the hearts of the women they love.
The Man from Laramie (1955)
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Will Lockhart arrives in Coronado, an isolated town in New Mexico, in search of someone who sells rifles to the Apache tribe, finding himself unwillingly drawn into the convoluted life of a local ranching family whose members seem to have a lot to hide.
The Big Combo (1955)
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Police Lt. Leonard Diamond vies to bring a clever, well connected, and sadistic gangster to justice all the while obsessing over the gangster's girlfriend.
The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
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When illegal card dealer and recovering heroin addict Frankie Machine gets out of prison, he decides to straighten up. Armed with nothing but an old drum set, Frankie tries to get honest work as a drummer. But when his former employer and his old drug dealer re-enter his life, Frankie finds it hard to stay clean and eventually finds himself succumbing to his old habits.
The Desperate Hours (1955)
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Escaped convicts terrorize a suburban family they're holding hostage.
Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
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Early in the 20th century, middle-aged lawyer Fredrik Egerman and his young wife, Anne, have still not consummated their marriage, while Fredrik's son finds himself increasingly attracted to his new stepmother. To make matters worse, Fredrik's old flame Desiree makes a public bet that she can seduce him at a romantic weekend retreat where four couples convene, swapping partners and pairing off in unexpected ways.
The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)
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The first manned spacecraft, fired from an English launchpad, is first lost from radar, then roars back to Earth and crashes in a farmer's field, and is found to contain only one of the three men who took off in it; and he is unable to talk but appears to be undergoing a torturous physical and mental metamorphosis.
Killer's Kiss (1955)
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Davey Gordon, a New York City boxer at the end of his career, falls for dancer Gloria Price. However, their budding relationship is interrupted by Gloria's violent boss, Vincent Rapallo, who has eyes for Gloria. The two decide to skip town, but before they can, Vincent and his thugs abduct Gloria, and Davey is forced to search for her among the most squalid corners of the city, with his enemy hiding in the shadows.
Summertime (1955)
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Middle-aged Ohio secretary Jane Hudson has never found love and has nearly resigned herself to spending the rest of her life alone. But before she does, she uses her savings to finance a summer in romantic Venice, where she finally meets the man of her dreams, the elegant Renato Di Rossi.
The Ladykillers (1955)
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Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians.
From Aesop to Hans Christian Andersen (1955)
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Walt Disney describes the age-old art of storytelling by offering cartoon versions of two of de la Fontaine's classic story of the Country Mouse and the City Mouse, followed by the Brothers Grimm and finally Andersen's The Ugly Duckling.
The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (1955)
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A bizarre black comedy about a man whose overwhelming ambition in life is to be a renowned serial killer of women, and will stop at nothing to achieve it - but not everything goes according to plan...
The Story of the Silly Symphony (1955)
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Walt looks backward at the Silly Symphony cartoon series, explaining that many of the techniques used in the Disney Studios' animated features were first perfected in those short subjects.
Behind the True-Life Cameras/The Olympic Elk (1955)
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James Algar, the writer-director of Walt Disney's "True-Life Adventures" short subject series, takes the viewers of the TV anthology Disneyland behind the scenes to show how these remarkable documentaries are made. Segments include photographers Clare and Bill Anderson filming on location in the Everglades, Bob Crandall doing close-up photography of a busy ant colony (both to be used in the upcoming Secrets of Life), and the on-location filming in Africa of the newest True-Life Adventure film The African Lion with footage by Alfred and Elma Milotte. The second half of this one-hour episode consists of the 1952 "True-Life
Jiminy Cricket Presents Bongo (1955)
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Jiminy Cricket tells the story of a circus bear named Bongo, who is so dissatisfied with his circus life that he runs away into the wild.
Bowery to Bagdad (1955)
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The Bowery Boys find a lamp that has strange magic powers.